Sign Maintenance Specialist

About the role

Join our hardworking Salem sign crew and help keep Oregon’s roads and travelers safe! As part of our team, you will operate equipment necessary to maintain and repair roadways, highways, bridges and structures. You will also help with emergency cleanup and traffic control after storms, spills, incidents and more!

Responsibilities

• Maintain, install, replace, repair signs, signposts and sign receptacles for all types of highway signing
• Inspect signs for repair or replacement; shoot elevations with transit and/or level to determine appropriate sign placement
• Order signs, parts, supplies and structural steel
• Perform minor surface repairs including pothole and concrete patching and small inlay work
• Clear debris, brush and mow grass; spray roadside vegetation
• Maintain and repair fences, guardrails, concrete barriers and milepost markers
• Maintain drainage systems, dig and clean ditches and repair culverts, inlets and erosion
• Maintain wooded areas including replanting, pruning, thinning or trimming trees, shrubs and groundcover
• Service and repair tools and motorized equipment
• Perform minor maintenance including janitorial work, landscaping, painting and light carpentry

Work environment

Exposure to noise, extreme heights, all weather conditions, heavy equipment, pesticides and hazardous waste materials is expected. Must be able to move around rough terrain, bend and stoop for extended periods and may need to lift up to 60 pounds.

Special Qualifications

• This position requires a maximum 45-minute response time to 885 Airport Rd SE Building P, Salem, Oregon 97301 for emergency call-outs
• You must possess a current, valid commercial driver’s license A (CDL-A) with a tanker endorsement, no air brake restrictions, no 5th wheel restrictions and no manual transmission restrictions, OR have the ability to acquire a class A commercial learner permit within 60 days of hire and a CDL-A with a tanker endorsement and restrictions removed within six months of hire (ODOT will cover training costs) to be considered eligible for this position
• A valid driver license and an acceptable driving record are required for this position

Minimum Qualifications

• One year of experience performing basic highway maintenance work OR
• Two years of general landscaping, maintenance, mechanical, farming, logging, and/or construction experience or training

What We’d Like To See

• Experience in road maintenance, construction or in a maintenance training program such as ODOT High School to Highway program, ODOT/ODF Fire and Ice program, Job Corps, etc.
• A current, valid commercial driver’s license A (CDL-A)
• Experience using hand tools and operating light and heavy equipment such as tractors, excavators, loaders or dump trucks
• Experience working in conditions that may be hazardous
• Experience completing basic mechanical repairs on light and heavy vehicles or equipment